One hot Sunday afternoon in the summer of 1991, an elderly lady was patiently waiting her turn in the long line of Jewish women and girls from all walks of life, each one anticipating the moment of receiving the Rebbe’s blessing and the dollar bill to be given to tzedakah.

When her turn finally arrived, this lady blurted out in her simple Yiddish, “Rebbe! I’ve been standing here for only an hour and I’m already exhausted. You have been standing here for hours and hours, and just look….!”

The Rebbe smiled gently and said, “When you are counting diamonds, you don’t get tired.”

This story reveals the meaning of a rebbe in contrast to a rabbi. Rabbis get burned out when their workload gets too difficult. A rebbe doesn't see it a workload.

This Tuesday is the 30th Yahrtzeit-hillula or the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson. Let us all aspire to his enlightenment and look at each other as diamonds.

(there is an incredible biography of the Rebbe you can find on Amazon here, and an audiobook version on Spotify included in Premium. Here is a book of his teachings)

Wishing you an uplifting Shabbat,

Rabbi Mendy & Mussy

p.s. As always, we would love to chat with you over coffee or drinks, about Judaism, or just life - reply to this email.

Of Interest

• The Rebbe’s Revolutionary Vision for Jewish Art

A creative quest to transform the material world and reveal the G-dliness in everything

• The Chabad-America July 4th Connection

• President Javier Milei of Argentina Joins Event Commemorating Rebbe Incognito Not as president, but as a student, 'he wanted to be there as one of the people'

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